Vending-machine.



No. 629,505. Patented July 25, |s99.

' J. a. HOLLANDS.

VENDING MACHINE.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1899,)

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Tnz NORRIS PETERS co. PHOTO-LI'YHQ. WASHINGTON, n cy V UNITED STATESPATENT FFICE.

JET G. HOLLANDS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,505, dated July 25,1899.

Application filed March 15, 1899. Serial No. 709,165. (No model.)

To all who/1'1, it may concern:

Beitknown that I, JET G. HOLLANDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification,referencebeing had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The invention relates to vending-machines of that class in which thearticles to be sold are extracted from the machine by aplunger withinthe casing, which is adapted to be coupled to the operating-handle bythe insertion of a coin of proper denomination in the receiving-slottherefor.

It is the object of the invention to obtain a simple construction ofextracting mechanism and also to obtain a machine in which the goods areheld in a plurality of receptacles, all of which are to be operated by asingle extracting device.

The invention therefore consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, as more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of mymachine. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line w 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa perspective View of the extracting mechanism. Fig. iis a plan viewthereof. Fig. 5 is a section on line y y, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a planview of the detachable receptacle for holding the goods.

Upon a suitable base A is mounted for rotation a casing B, adapted toinclose the receptacles for holding the goods and which is preferably ofcylindrical or polygonal shape. In the drawings Ihave shown this casingas of octagonal shape, and it comprises the lower head a, the uprightsZ) at each of the angles, and the plates 0, preferably glass, betweensaid uprights.

O is a vertical post or shaft forming the axis upon which the casing isadapted to revolve. WVithin the casing B is detachably placed aremovable frame D, carrying a plurality of vertical tubes E, forming thereceptacles for the reception of the goods. This removable framepreferably consists of the sleeve d, surrounding the shaft G, and thespider-heads e, to which the tubes E are secured. The tubes E arepreferably open on their front sides, being provided only with the in.The lower ends of these tubes are adapted to project through aperturesin the head a Y of the casing B and are provided with the bottom plateor shelf g and also have their front and rear walls cut away to permitthe extracting-plungerto force the lowermost article from thereceptacle.

F is a cover for the casing B, centrally'apertured for the passage ofthe post 0 therethrough, and is adapted to be locked in position by asuitable nut, collar, or other lockin g device on the upper end of thepost C.

The base A is provided with suitably bearings, such as 72, upon whichthe head a of the casing B rests, and surrounding this bearing is anannular groove or channel through which the lower ends of the tubes Emay pass in the rotation of the casing B. Within the base is formed achamber containing an inclined chute 2', down which the extractedarticles are adapted to slide, and at one side of the base is an openingj, through which the article may be taken out. The extracting mechanismis preferably located in the base A, in front of the casing B anddirectly above the chute i, and is of the following construction:

It is the extracting-p111 nger, which is sliding] y secured in bearingswithin the base A in a position to be in line with one of the tubesE andadapted when moved inwardly to enter said tube through the cut-awayfront and force the lowermost article out to the rear.

lis an operating shank or handle for the plunger k, arranged in linetherewith and passing out to the front of the base A. Thisoperating-shank is provided with the tongue m, arranged opposite acorresponding slot 7t in the plunger is, so that when the handle Zismoved inward the tongue or will enter the slot 11. without imparting anymovement to the plunger 75. Between the end of the tongue m and theplunger 70 is a space sufiicient to permit of the coin passing, and inthe base A, directly above, is arranged an entering-slot 0 for saidcoin. Beneath the plunger 7c and the handle Z are arranged the bars orplates 19, which at one end are pivotally secured to the casing and attheir opposite ends are drawn toward each other by the tension of thespring q. These bars or plates are normallya sufficientdistance apart topermit any away to leave a space between more than the coin of lesserdiameter than the one which the machine isdesigned to employ to dropbetween them; but the proper coin will be supported on said plates, soas to be between the end of the tongue m and the plunger k. The bars 19are also provided with a series of notches q, and at their inner endsare cut diameter of the coin.

With the arrangement of parts as thus far described it will be readilyunderstood that when the proper coin is inserted in the slot 0 it willdrop between the tongue m and the plunger is and rest upon the bars 19.In this position if the operating-handle Z be moved inward the coin willact as a coupler between said handle and the plunger 70, forcing thelatter inward and knocking out the articlein the registering tube E. Thecoin will then drop between the bars 19 into a receptacle or drawer,such as 1'. their normal position, it is necessary to return the plunger7a and handle I, and to accomplish this it is usual in devices of thiskind to attach a spring to the plunger, which when. the. pressure on theoperating-handle is relieved will draw said plunger backward again intoits normal position. An objection to the use of a spring is thatinasmuch as its tension clamps the coin between the plunger auditsoperating-handle the coin cannot drop unless special provision is madefor relieving the pressure temporarily. This necessitates complicatingthe mechanism and is entirely avoided in my construction, in which Idispense with the use of the spring for returning the plunger and inplace thereof provide a lost-motion connection between theoperating-handle Z and said plunger. In the drawings I have shown thisconnection as comprising the pins 3, on opposite sides of the plungeris, and the hooked arms ton the operatinghandlqwhich when the plunger isin its innermost position are adapted to engage withsaid pins 3 andinthe return of the handle I draw the plunger back also. For returning thehandle any suitable device may be employed, such as the springs 11..With this construction when the plunger is moved inward in the operationof the machine the coin will rest on the bars 19 until it has been movedforward to the position where said bars are cut away and the article hasbeen extracted from the receptacle E. As soon as the pressure isrelieved on the handles the operation of the springu, will return thesame, relieving the pressure of the tongue m upon the coin and allowingthe latter to drop between the bars. The hookstwill then engage with thepins 5' and return the plunger, as be fore described.

The object of the notches q in the bars 1) isto prevent the return ofthe plunger after a partial operation, which is accomplished by the coinengaging with said notches and beingheld thereby from movement in the reverse direction.

To restore the parts to.

The operation of loading the machine is performed by first removing thecap F and drawing out the removable frame or holder D and placing thepackages or goods to be vended in the receptacles E. This may be donemuch more conveniently than if it were necessary to load the receptaclesthrough a door in the casing, as is usual in other constructions. Whenall of the receptacles are loaded, the frame maybe placed again withinthe casing and the cover F replaced and locked in position, so as toprevent tampering with the machine. y

In the complete operation of the machine when the purchaser desires toextract an ar ticle from any one of the receptacles E. he first rotatesthe casin g B until the particular receptacle which contains thearticles'which,

It will thus be seen that my machine has the advantage of enabling thepurchaser to.

select from a n u mber of difierent articles held,

respectively, in the different receptacles E the particular one which hedesires, and. that it is only necessary to provide the machine with asingle extracting device for all of these vari ous articles. machine isgreatly simplified from one in which a separate extracting device wouldbe.

required for each of the receptacles.

V hat I claim as my invention is- 1. A vending-machine, comprising achambered base, an upright post or shaft thereon,

a casing rotatively mounted upon said shaft, a detachable top therefor,a holder having a plurality of vertical tubes for the reception of thegoods and removably secured within. said casing the tubes having theirlower ends.

projecting therethrough into a chamber within the base, and a singlecoin-controlled ex- Thus the construction of the tracting device, withwhich each of said tubes is adapted to be registered.

2. In a vending-machine, extractingmechanism comprising a plunger and anoperating-handle in alinementwith each other having a coin-slot betweentheir adjacent ends and a registering tongue and groove; and two spacedplates beneath said plunger pivoted at one end and yieldingly held fromspreading by a spring, said plates forming supportingledges for the coinduring the movement of the plunger and beingprovided with a series ofnotches for engaging with said coin to prevent the partial operation ofthe plunger.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JET G. HOLLANDS;

